title: [The no-suicide contract: a risky ritual].
abstract: In spite of former research the preventive value of the no-suicide contract is still uncertain. Making up a no-suicide contract should be considered as a risky ritual because there is a chance for underestimation of the actual risk. Less risky alternatives are: systematic risk assessment, the commitment to treatment statement and the delay or reconsideration agreement.
authors.affiliation: Inspectie voor de Gezondheidszorg, locatie Amsterdam, Postbus 20.584, 1001 NN Amsterdam. ri.amsterdam@igz.nl
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: de Vries
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Huisman
authors.forename: A J F M
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kerkhof
authors.forename: P B M
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Robben
mesh_terms: D032982:Contracts; D006801:Humans; D017008:Negotiating; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012308:Risk Management / Q000379:methods*; D000092864:Suicide Prevention